Lace

Mid 18th century

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium linen; lace
  • Dimensions 17 in. (43.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Eleanor Freed in memory of her mother, Esther Loveman Kempner, 1984.335.18
  • Work Type lace
  • Classification Needlework

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Vase of goblet shape on round foot, of white stoneware covered with a yellow glaze, the main body with yellow and white stripes, above a band of beading and against a yellow ground a band of molded swags, immediately below the lip a band of black and white checkerboard pattern, the interior white.
Laureate head in profile left, in brass frame.
Bust in profile left in the uniform of the Prussian First Infantry Regiment with the Order of the Black Eagle, the Iron Cross, the War Memorial Medal 1813-15, and the Russian St. George's Cross.
Majolica "Kate Greenaway" umbrella stand in the form of a yellow and cream straw bonnet with turquoise ribbon tied in a bow on either side and a peacock feather, the interior and bottom glazed turquoise.